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How do I become a traffic partner? |
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To become a traffic partner, you simply email Glenn Schutz and he will provide you with all of the details about the program and answer any questions you might have. He will forward an agreement to you for your review and once you read and approve it, we will send you the code to place on your site. Our programming team will show you how to add the code to your site (it typically takes less than 10 minutes) and you will be all set. |
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How much does it cost to become a traffic partner? |
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It's completely free to become a traffic partner. We provide you with the code for your site, we administer the entire program, we market to and sign up franchise accounts, we process all leads, and we manage all billing and collections. |
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What are the requirements of becoming a traffic partner? |
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To become a traffic partner, you must have customers or visitors that are interested in owning a business or franchise. Otherwise, you won't get any benefit from being a traffic partner. Other than that, you simply need to promote the franchise directory on your site to encourage your visitors to search for a franchise to buy. That's it. And the more you promote the franchise directory on your site, the more money you make. |
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How does The Franchise Engine power the listings on my site? |
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The Franchise Engine has developed a proprietary and powerful method of powering the listings on your site. We give you one line of code to copy and paste into your site and the engine powers everything in the background using iFrame technology. It's extremely reliable and powerful, yet doesn't require any expertise or overhead on your part. |
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How long does it take to get setup as a traffic partner so I can start making money? |
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From the time the agreement has been signed, it typically takes less than a week to set you up as a traffic partner and for you to begin generating revenues from your traffic. |
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How do I promote this new service on my site to bring in more traffic and generate even more revenues? |
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To maximize the benefit of offering this service to your customers, and the generate the most revenues possible, you should place copy and ads on your site directing visitors to the franchise directory. If you have a customer database, an email announcement can generate an immediate influx of traffic to your site and revenues in your pocket.
In addition, you can write articles about franchises and embed links in them that point back to your directory. When you submit them to various sites the search engines will pick them up and point back to your website, which will bring you additional free traffic and help you generate even more revenues. You can also advertise your site on other websites to drive traffic to your site to generate revenues. We will even provide you with free banner ads for this purpose. |
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How many franchise concepts can my visitors search? |
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We have developed a relationship with over 400 franchise concepts, which gives us one of the largest inventories of franchisors in the world. This means your visitors will get exposure a large number of franchises to find the one that best meets their needs. In addition, we add about 20-30 new franchise concepts to our database every month, which benefits both you and your visitors. |
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Will customers leave my site when they search for franchises? |
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Your customers never leave your site. They are your customers, and they stay on your site throughout the entire process. Our technology enables us to provide your customers with the ability to search for the franchise of their dreams and to request addtional information without ever leaving your domain. |
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Is there a lot of maintenance associated with having the listings available on my site? |
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With the unique and powerful technology we have developed, you have absolutely zero maintenance or programming responsibility to offer your visitors the ability to search franchises for sale. We take care of everything so you can concentrate on driving more and more visitors to your site. |
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How soon will I start making money as a traffic partner? |
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Your site will be ready to start making money the second you place the one line of code onto it and upload that page to your server. All you need to do is let your visitors know about the great new service you are offering them for free and direct them to the page so they can search for a franchise to buy. And every time they submit a qualified lead, you generate revenues. |
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How much money will I make as a traffic partner? |
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The answer depends upon how many visitors you have to your site every month, how interested those visitors are in searching for a franchise to buy, and how effectively you promote the franchise directory to your visitors. As a rule of thumb, however, we estimate that every visitor that conducts a search for a franchise to buy on your site will generate $1 of revenue for you. That means if you have 50,000 total visitors per month, and 20,000 of those visitors search for a franchise to buy, then we estimate that they will generate leads that will result in $20,000 in revenues for you. |
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Do I have to bill and collect the fees from the franchisors? |
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Absolutely not. We have a relationship and agreement with the franchisors. As a result, we bill and collect from the franchisors for all fees due and you never have to worry about billing or collections. |
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How frequently am I paid for revenues generated from my traffic? |
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The Franchise Engine bills and collects from its franchise clients once a month. Therefore, you are paid on the 15th of every month for all revenues collected that were generated from your site during the prior month. |
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How do I track how much I am making from my traffic? |
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The Franchise Engine provides you with an account that tracks all activity with your website. You can log into your account at any time to view how many times your visitors searched franchises, how many they viewed, how many leads they submitted, and the amount of revenues you generated from your traffic. As a result, you know at all times all statistics associated with your traffic. |
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How can I earn even more money from my traffic? |
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You have the option to send promotional emails to your customer list. If you want, we can prepare the email campaign for you, and we will even pay the cost of sending it to your customer list. In addition, we have various clients that pay to advertise to potential franchise buyers. As a result, you have the option to put additional advertising on your site to share in these revenues. It's easy to put these ads on your site: you simply ad one line of code to your website and we automatically rotate the ads in the space provided and share the proceeds with you based on the number of impressions served to your visitors. Ask Dan Morris for more information about our additional advertising options. |
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What kinds of traffic partners do you work with? |
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We work with established websites that have existing customer bases, new websites that are just starting out, franchise-for-sale portals, business-for-sale portals, business-related websites, magazine websites, newspaper websites, radio stations, TV stations, blogs and any other company that has visitors, customers or and audience that includes people who have an interest in owning a business or franchise. |
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What kind of costs do I have? |
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Other than your normal costs of operating your website, you don't have any additional costs to become a Traffic Partner. We manage all accounts, administer all processes, develop and update the code, and maintain the site. As a result, we bear all costs and you don't have to pay for anything. |
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Do I have any risk? |
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Since we bear all costs associated with the relationship, you have no financial risk at all. You get a risk-free way to generate revenues from your traffic, which is key to making your website as successful as possible. |
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What kind of committment do I have to make as a Traffic Partner? |
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To become a Traffic Partner, you simply need to agree to a 1-year term. After that, you have the option to renew in additional 1-year terms. That's all. There are no performance requirements or traffic minimums. |
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Is there a lot of maintenance associated with having the listings available on my site? |
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Once you are up and running, there is almost no maintenance required on your part. Everything is processed on The Franchise Engine, so you simply need to make sure your website doesn't go down to ensure visitors can search franchises for sale. That's it. |
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What kind of companies make good Traffic Partners? |
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Any company that has customers, visitors or an audience that includes people that are interested in owning a business or franchise make excellent Traffic Partners. Examples of such companies include websites, newspapers, radio stations, TV networks, magazines, blogs, and more. |
